Name of Fellow

    Tolppanen Anna-Maija

    Institution

    Funder

    Academy of Finland

    Contact information of fellow

    Country

    Finland

    Title of project/programme

    Assessing the effectiveness of healthcare interventions with routinely collected data

    Source of funding information

    Academy of Finland

    Total sum awarded (Euro)

    € 434,485

    Start date of award

    01/09/16

    Total duration of award in years

    5.0

    The project/programme is most relevant to:

    Neurodegenerative disease in general

    Keywords

    effectiveness | healthcare | registers | method development | aging | Alzheimer's disease | coronary artery disease | adverse events | quality of life | revascularisations | operations | medication | population-based | data mining | big data | cost-effectiveness

    Research Abstract

    Interventions often seem promising in randomised controlled trials but their effectiveness is less optimistic in practice. My group assesses the use of routinely collected data from national registers and hospital databases in effectiveness research. We will set up a platform for using these data by studying the 1)risk benefit ratio of antipsychotics and antiepileptics in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) 2)application of data mining to adverse events research 3)comparison of revascularisation procedures in coronary artery disease (CAD). Register-based nationwide MEDALZ study includes all community-dwellers with clinically verified AD diagnosis in 2005-2012. The CAD study includes all CAD patients who underwent elective revascularisation procedure at the Kuopio University Hospital in 2000-2013. Insights gained on the effectiveness of these interventions can be used for better targeting of healthcare resources, reduction of adverse effects and promoting rational decision-making.

Types: Fellowships
Member States: Finland
Diseases: Neurodegenerative disease in general
Years: 2016
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